Laura Garcia Serventi is our Bridgeman Studio Artist of the Month for February 2015. Garcia Serventi studied at the School of Fine Arts "Prilidiano Pueyrredon" in Buenos Aires and then Photography at the Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Italy. She now lives and works in New York.

Garcia Serventi works as both a set-designer as well as an illustrator. Her clients have included Vogue, Elle and Nylon magazine.

We are delighted to represent Garcia Serventi for image licensing and copyright. He lush paintings of flowers and succulents afford a rich, feminine feel to her work and make her images perfect for both products uses and editorial commissions.

What is your earliest memory of an artwork and who was it by?

My grandfather loved to paint, and as a child I would spend a lot of time at his house. I think his paintings were my very first approach to art and watching him paint was fascinating to me, those moments are among my first childhood memories.

What is your favourite time of day to be in your studio?

The morning. There are big windows  at my place that let the light come in beautifully during the morning.

Cactus Screen 2, 2013	Aloe Plants, 2013

 

Talk us through a day in the life of Laura Garcia Serventi. What’s your routine?

I usually wake up very early and after having breakfast with my husband and our little boy,  I head to my studio which is part of my house, and spend the morning doing all the creative work -painting, illustrating, drawing and  thinking on new projects. When I'm not working on a set design project, I usually paint 4 hours a day, wether I 'm working on a personal project,  a commissioned illustration, a pattern or just a sketching for future paintings. I leave emails, social networking, the search of new ideas, inspiration, or new work for the early afternoon. By the time I finish with all this, it's time to pick up my boy from daycare and so my working day is over. After that, it's family time.

Garden 2, 2013	Jungle Grey, 2012

 

How would you sum up your practice in 5 words?

Detailed, botanical, tropical, colorful and  bright

You have a background working in set-design. Do you find that this informs your painting and illustration, and do the two ever meet?

I think it's been the other way about. My set design work has been more often influenced by my painting and illustration work than viceversa. The two practices do meet sometimes:  I was once commissioned to paint big backdrops with my plants for a fashion photo shoot, for example.

Wonder Room I, 2013	Wonder Room 2, 2013

What has your most exciting commission been to date?

Lately I've been receiving commissions from regular people who simply like my paintings and want one for their house. This has been very exciting for me and very different from the way I was used to work. They just choose a color palette and what kind of plants they want in their painting, all the rest is on me. I was a bit reluctant at the beginning but I've realized it's been extremely enriching and fulfilling.

How do you find working to commission? Do you find it pushes your work in new directions?

I really like it, I do feel it takes my work in new directions I might not have taken otherwise. It's always a big challenge and a great opportunity to push my art a bit further.

Digital or Analogue?

Analogue

 

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